The borg were a pseudospecies of cybernetic humanoids, or cyborgs, from the. The star trek franchise continues as the crew of the uss voyager follows a maquis ship into the badlands and ends up 70,000 light years from home. The selections begin with enterprise, and end with the last episode of voyager. Seven of nines life is threatened when her cortical implants begin to degrade. This episode also features the return of alice krige from the movie star trek. Voyager, which was the show used to launch the network in 1995, and wwes second primetime series, smackdown aka the rocks show which. The borg are star treks most feared and most loved adversaries they appear in a total twentyone episodes in the star trek franchise in enterprise, the next generation and voyager, every television incarnation other than the original series and deep space nine. The borg were the most iconic villains from star trek. This is an episode list for the sciencefiction television series star trek. Voyager, which aired on upn from january 1995 through may 2001.
Watch the rock kick seven of nines borg butt on star trek. Patrick stewarts delivery of the line, as locutus, in the best of both worlds was ranked no. May 02, 2011 a few weeks ago, i had the pleasure of participating in a podcast called geek fights, and the topic was worst episode of star trek. The borg are losing the battle against species 8472. We boldly go and revisit the top episodes from star. Q who, there is no canon mention of who hugh was before he was assimilated, nor any attempts to reassert this identity after he was. They also appeared in the star trek movie first contact. In particular they praised the performance of actress jeri ryan as the ex borg seven of nine, and noted it as a study of the impact of isolation. Should they be successful, they will steal the borg transwarp coil in hopes of integrating the technology into voyager s systems.
As hughs character was written before the expanded information about the borg revealed in star trek. On the one hand, the introduction of species 8472 was. In this video i count down my top 10 favorite episodes from any star trek series that featured the borg, as well as my 5 least favorite borg. Jun 22, 2017 the deep space nine episodes arent the most remarkable empok nor and the darkness and the light, but his work on star trek voyager shows a breadth of ideas and ability to navigate interesting corners of the star trek universe. Summary of 2part episodes caretaker basics futures end scorpion year of hell the killing game dark frontier equinox unimatrix zero flesh and blood workforce endgame. My definition of a borg episode is an episode in which one or more borg. Seven of nine and voyagers holographic doctor are onboard a shuttlecraft but suddenly. Chakotay, harry kim, tom paris and neelix are taken hostage when the delta flyer is captured by a borg cube. Dark frontier, parts 1 and 2 episodes 15 and 16a plan to swipe a transwarp coil from the borg leads to the borg queen capturing seven of nine and offering her a futile choice. Created by rick berman, michael piller, jeri taylor. The borg are first seen by voyager in the thirdseason episode. Jan 08, 2020 the star trek worlds introduction to the borg comes because q is fed up with picards hubris about the perseverance of humanity. The borg uttered the phrase in several star trek episodes and the film star trek.
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the federation is seventyfive years away at maximum warp speed, a starfleet ship must cooperate with maquis rebels to find a way home. Feb 28, 2012 scene from star trek voyager episode scorpion. The next generation and a very deep cut to star trek. The next generation, and they figure to feature heavily in the upcoming star trek. Fuller wrote the teleplays for some of the most fun, and memorable, episodes of the series. The ending was a little too convenient but to be fair, i thought the episode was very touching and lot of fun. During that debate, i railed pretty heavily against a particular episode of star trek voyager called dark frontier, and alleged that that episode and voyager in general ruined the borg one of star trek s most compelling villains. This video includes footage from the following episodes. I also like the fact that janeway is the first female captain in star trek. Oct 03, 2012 voyagers pilot episode is probably the best star trek pilot. Voyager boasts more than a mere cult of adoring fans, but also an oftenoverlooked set of redeeming episodes.
The cybernetic zombies pushed captain picard and the crew of the uss enterprise to the brink of destruction more often than any other adversary, and they were perhaps the only threat that could rattle picards steely moral resolve. And, if you count every single episode of voyager in which formerborg seven of nine jeri ryan appears, thats 100 episodes right there. Also, the crew is a very different mix than what we are used to in star trek we have an excon tom paris, former members of a rebel group the maquee, a former borg 7 of 9, a hologram,etc. List of star trek borg episodes in chronological order. Voyager, which states that all borg are assimilated and do not reproduce as suggested in the episode tng. Paul boehmer as one, as the third best guest star on star trek. Members of the voyager crew train on the holodeck for a raid on a borg ship. This star trek spinoff won seven emmy awards and starred kate mulgrew as the first female captain. However, the cube is littered with dead drones and controlled solely by a small group of unmatured borg children who were left behind. Four episodes of voyager caretaker, dark frontier, flesh. About to enter borg space, the voyager crew discovers a threat so devastating that even the borg cannot deal with it. Voyager episodes, get episode information, recaps and more.
Voyager versus borg compilation star trek battle scenes youtube. Enterprise regeneration s02e23 a team of researchers in earths arctic circle come across the remains of a crashed spacecraft, they find. So thats possibly a total of 32 episodes or 108 borg episodes and 1. Janeway tries to work with the borg knowing they wil betray them when there no longer usefull. Voyager series is available on dvd through amazon and via streaming on netflix and amazon prime. One was rated the most overlooked of the best episodes of star trek. Commander chakotay and ensign kaplan of the uss voyager pick up a distress call while. Mar 07, 2006 a great collection of the best borg stories from all of the star trek series that featured the borg the original series and ds9 did not.
Picard easter eggs from the borg episode hollywood. Complete list of appearances of the borg in star trek. The borg seem to be one step ahead when the borg queen communicates with seven of nine. The next generation borg episodes to watch for star trek. Sep 15, 2017 voyager is, so far, the latestset star trek series only the next generation feature film nemesis plus the odd time travel story is set further in the future. A complete guide to what star trek to watch before star. How star trek first contact and voyager ruined the borg. Apr 06, 2020 upn happened to be both the home of star trek.
The voyager crew provided me with brilliant escapism scifi fun ever since then. Voyagers seven of nine, who will be appearing in star trek. With kate mulgrew, robert beltran, roxann dawson, robert duncan mcneill. Should they be successful, they will steal the borg transwarp coil in hopes of integrating the technology into voyagers systems. It has its flaws, the corny allamerican farm illusion produced by the titular caretaker and the poormansklingon kazon warriors. Because the borg featured in many voyager episodes, this series has more selections than the others. The borg cube, which is featured in interior and exterior shots in this episode, was overall the 2nd best spacecraft of star trek by in 2017. First contact which used the phrase as the tagline for the 1996 film. Star trek where no one has gone before according to robert hewitt wolfe in a tweet dated 28 january 2019, following the premiere of star trek. Captain janeway and seven of nines relationship was a true gift. This is the fourth television program in the star trek franchise, and comprises a total of 172 episodes over the shows seven seasons. Picard 11 easter eggs from this weeks borg episode. As janeway attempts to gain passage through alien territory, seven of nine believes that she is being contacted by the borg.
Voyager, a mandate was passed to the writing staffs of both deep space nine and voyager that the borg along with q, following his single appearance on deep space nine were only to be used on. Voyager, season 3, episode 26 and season 4, episode 1 1997 wait, there is an alien race out there more powerful than the borg. Picard series, which features tngs most iconic villain alien species. The borg appear in six episodes of the next generation, one episode of deep space nine, one episode of enterprise, the film star trek. Janeway and her spaceship crew do battle with kazons, borg, cardassians and other galactic enemies. Michelle her interests range from star trek, to history, archaeology. Regeneration s02e23 ent q who s02e16 tng the best of both worlds, part i s03e26 tng the best of both worlds, part ii s04e01 tng i, borg s05e23 tng. List of star trek borg episodes in chronological order higgypop. Desperate for survival, they take voyager into fluetic space to fight them in their own realm. Things get complicated once seven of nine joins voyager because, essentially, every episode becomes a borg episode. Voyager crew and the maquis fighter crew are drawn 70,000 lightyears to the far side of the delta quadrant by an alien seeking survival, calling itself the caretaker. Janeway squares off with the borg queen after successfully introducing the doctors pathogen to the borg central plexus. Mar 25, 2019 for me personally and im bracing myself for the backlash its the enterprise episode regeneration.